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Old 18th Jun 2012, 08:21
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Morning!!!

Dart engines, Ken???
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 08:24
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Morning Martin...yes, Darts
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 08:27
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NAMC YS-11 ?
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 08:37
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NAMC YS-11 ?
Not the YS-11 David.
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 11:16
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Between lectures.

Ken, is/was this a dedicated freighter ?
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Ken, is/was this a dedicated freighter ?
It was for passenger's although I suspect remaining examples probably have been converted to freighters.
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 11:40
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I asked that because yours has an unusually large rear door.
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 11:49
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Good point David. There were cargo/combi option's but they were not developed at the time. At the time of the aircraft's development the few that were delivered were all passenger, but as I mentioned above, most were converted to freighters.
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Morning gents.

Grumman Gulfstream Ken?
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 12:04
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Grumman Gulfstream
Evening Graeme - yes, but this was a specific adaption, of which only 5 were built. It's yours anyway, but care to name it?
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 12:12
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G'day Ken.

Dunno mate. But whatever it is, it'll have to be an Open House from me. I'm doing a Trevor - "early start tomorrow".....

Wiki ain't much help....looking further...
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 12:16
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I was looking for the G-159C Gulfstream, aka Gulfstream IC Commuter. A stretch of the basic G1 developed in 1979, the project proved unsuccesful. It is mentioned in Wiki



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Old 18th Jun 2012, 12:39
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I see...Dunno why, but I was looking for a windowless freighter version and I did find a source talking about a 1.57 m X 2.08 m cargo door, but no mention of a specific designation.

Cheers.
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 13:06
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Interesting how a stretch of a well known aircraft can put people off Good to see at least 2 of them still earning their keep today.
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 13:18
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...and what p####s me off is that I looked at the Gulfstream but the length of the ones I found didn't match yours.

I must look deeper next time.
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 13:39
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but the length of the ones I found didn't match yours
I guess in this case size matters
You got one to post? If not I'll get one ready.
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 13:48
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I've got ten!
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I've got ten!
Just one will do Go for it
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Old 18th Jun 2012, 13:52
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Nothing difficult....

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A racer David?
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